Mae Annette Yi 18 years old and has just graduated from high school in Manchester by the Sea, Massachusetts. A small town on the Atlantic ocean north of Boston. Mae has always known her parents were quite different. Her father Jun-so was Korean and had met Mae's mother in Oslo, Norway during his time working for an architectural firm. Mae's mother Alva was Norwegian born and raised. Mae's mother had been a famous cellist for the Oslo Orchestra when they met. Mae's parents had gotten married in 1998 celebrating with their close friends in Oslo, Norway. Then Mae's father had taken a job with an architectural firm located in Boston, Massachusetts. Both of her parents agreed to live by the ocean at Alva's request. Alva had been born and raised in the Nordland County of Norway in a small fishing village known as Sorland. Mae's intrigue about her mother's illness and Mae's own changing talents leads her on a journey of self discovery and finds out more than she ever thought was possible.